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Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 6:2, Spring/Summer 2023

6/3/2023

 
 Welcome to this Spring/Summer issue of the journal. After the last few years of pandemic and wars, although many things in the world are still problematic, it seems that there is a lighter mood in the air and in the haiku of this issue. There are still a number of powerful haiku about death and loss, but also some lighthearted ones, and as usual, many sensitive nature haiku. Hope you enjoy the selection!
Bruce Ross, Maine, USA
wildflowers
a butterfly pollinates
my dreams
       Vincenzo Adamo, Italy

spring snow
plucking pear blossoms
from baby’s ringlets
       Farah Ali, UK

guidelines
through dragonfly wings
my open journal
       Michelle V. Alkerton, Canada

no older
than I’ve ever been . . .
snow pea blossom
       Cynthia Anderson, USA

mountain hike
caressed by the scent
of wild lavender
        Emma Alexander Arthur, Norway

frost warning
a curled bud
clings to itself

morning pause
the pulse of sap
in the maple
       Marilyn Ashbaugh, USA

taking off
a dreamer’s sky
of geese

just for you
I leave a leaf
for humanity
       Joanna Ashwell, UK

chasing
a memory
moon tide
        Susan B. Auld, USA

spring morning
a toddler’s smile
full of light

not sure
what the future holds
vernal equinox
      Mona Bedi, India

Ursa Major
an old spruce forest
also points

in my garden clog
a tiny spider weaves
I go barefoot
       Millicent Bee, USA

burnished sunset
a little girl’s wish
utters itself

crépuscule redoré
le désir d'une fillette
s'énonce lui-même
       Maxianne Berger, Canada

so sudden
how a marsh hawk’s shadow
scatters ducks
       Sally Biggar, USA

spring morning
I sing to a world
in birdsong
       Shawn Blair, USA

summer afternoon
the honeybee attracted
to her sunflower pin
       Nancy Brady, USA

inchworm
inching up a thread
ripe raspberries
      Randy Brooks, USA

mountain violet
the sunrise
and I
      B.L. Bruce, USA

a grasshopper flits
over a train track
my faraway dreams
       John Budan, USA

mexican hats tremble
under the weight of bees
deep summer
       Alanna C. Burke, USA

midnight moon
in the mango tree
fruit bat prattle
       Matthew Caretti, USA/American Samoa

her dahlias
blooming red by the road
empty house
       Louise Carson, Canada

path to my hut
a robin song
from the thickets of bamboo
       Ram Chandran, India

beside the whitewater
a faint fluttering
in the ferns
      Tom Clausen, USA

dad’s grave
spring scents mingle
in the air

la tomba di papà
i profumi primaverili
si mescolano nell’aria
       Maria Concetta Conti, Italy

Cranes flying –
I bend my paper into
a thousand folds.
       Sophia Conway, Canada

a cricket sings
through a leaf hole
rising gibbous
       Bill Cooper, USA

the place
no one wants
dandelions bloom

insistent
the knock
of a woodpecker
       Evan Coram, USA

spring tide
a fisherman catches
the moon
       Sue Courtney, New Zealand

no trespassing –
wild honeysuckle climbs
over the sign
      Tina Crenshaw, USA

saying goodbye –
a drop of rain rolls down
the orange leaf
      Ashesh Das, India

back at night
the frogs’ voices lead us
in the dark

retour de nuit
les crapauds nous guident
sur le chemin
      Marie Derley, Belgium

morning breeze
between lemon branches
an empty nest
       Tuyet Van Do, Australia

heirloom seeds
placing a few extra
in each hole
       Carmela Dolce, USA

waiting in silence
the humpback whales
release their breath

broken promise
the ocean and sky
become one
      C. Jean Downer, USA

teach me
to accept light
early daffodil

научи ме
да приемам светлина
ранен нарцис
      Radostina Dragostinova, Bulgaria
 
reincarnated Zen gardener
now raking patterns in
his litter box
     John J. Dunphy, USA
 
end of summer –
raising their wings
stork chicks
 
sfârşitul verii –
înălţând aripile
puii de barză
     Carmen Duvalma, Romania
 
riverside trail . . .
still leafless enough to see
all the new nests
       Anna Eklund-Cheong, France
 
bright birdsong
binding the broken cup
kintsugi gold
       Jonathan English, USA
 
the many winds
  back again in
breath of words
 
nā kini makani
  eia hou ana i
 ka hanu ‘ōlelo
       David Kāwika Eyre, Hawai’i/USA
 
soaring hawk . . .
a piece of sunshine
between each feather
      Bill Fay, USA
 
the song
of my boyhood . . .
spring peepers
      Jeffrey Ferrara, USA
 
the dancing lights
of Sumatran fireflies –
coda to my dream
 
all thought sinks
to the well’s dark bottom
a sweltering nigh
      Lorin Ford, Australia
 
deep breath
the fragrance of bird cherry
on a rainy day

głęboki oddech
zapach czeremchy
w deszczowy dzień

recovery
behind my mom’s ear
a daisy flower

powrót do zdrowia
za uchem mojej mamy
kwiat stokrotki
       Małgorzata Formanowska, Poland
 
back to breath
on an earthen path
wind through the reeds

beat
of gannet wings
dusk taking me deeper
       Jenny Fraser, New Zealand

her dementia . . .
resembling
the robin song

la sua demenza . . .
ricorda la canzone
del pettirosso
      Barbara Anna Gaiardoni, Italy

full moon
picking out the rims
of distant hills

leaping
through pools of light
a squirrel
      Mike Gallagher, Ireland

Summer is coming –
a little foal named
Tobias

Llega el verano –
un potrillo llamado
Tobìas
      Rafael Garcia Bidò, Dominican Republic

taking a new road
field upon field
of cherry blossoms
       Marilyn Gehant, USA

abandoned gravestones
mothers’ old prayers
whispered by the wind

lapidi abbandonate
vecchie preghiera delle madri
susurrate dal vento

almost dawn
a commuter follows the trail
of a lone star

quasi l’alba
un pendolare segue la scia
di una stella solitaria
       Eufemia Griffo, Italy

lichen on bricks
how to tell children
who’s winning
       Charles Harmon, USA

windless air
the nature of a tree
also in silence

country road
there was a time she sang
with skylarks
      John Hawkhead, UK

buttering toast
mom tells me how to spread
her ashes
     Kerry J Heckman, USA

effortlessly
an iceberg falls into the sea
disappears

難なく
氷山が落ちる
なくなる
 
nan’naku
Hyōzan ga ochiru
nakunaru
       Judith Hishikawa, USA
 
a light
at the end of the day
first firefly
 
camellia
knowing
when to fall
      Ruth Holzer, USA
 
summer cattails
a small girl
releases a frog
      Frank Hooven, USA
 
fresh lime
colors the canopy
daylight buds
     Deborah Burke Henderson, USA
 
the old bull
stands his ground
jackrabbit
       Lee Hudspeth, USA
 
spring breeze
susurration of mitchell grass
beneath a sickle moon
       Marilyn Humbert, Australia
 
gentle breeze
pink petals dripping
out of the blue
 
boare uşoară
picurînd din senin
petale roz
       Mona Iordan, Romania
 
red grains
I hold a cracked pomegranate
in my hand

crvena zrnca
držim u ruci
raspukli nar
       Dejan Ivanovic, Serbia
 
rice rain –
simmering in the pot
the porridge for her
 
粥煮ゆる音のやさしき穀雨かな
 
kayu niyuru oto no yasashiki kokuwu kana
       Keiko Izawa, Japan
 
letting go –
a butterfly folds and unfolds
the scent of colours
      Lakshmi Iyer, India
 
spring tide –
the Sea of Tranquility
keeps me up all night
     Rick Jackofsky, USA
 
summer evening
children playing hide and seek
in the sugarcane field
      Govind Joshi, India
 
Evening moon –
tadpoles a kid forgot
in the bucket
 
宵の月子の忘れたる桶の蝌蚪
      Satoru Kanematsu, Japan
 
salt marshes . . .
rainbow droplets bloom
on water
       Deborah Karl-Brandt, Germany
 
evening sun
the fire
of robinsong
       kj munro, Canada
 
the stuttered hoot of an owl
through the silence
a melancholy echo
       Kim Klugh, USA
 
summer downpour
mom unties the ribbon
from her hair bun
 
ljetni pljusak
majka razvezuje
traku iz punđe
       Nina Kovacic, Croatia
 
         desert window
a coyote seems to have heard
         tonight’s dreams
                  Jeff Kressman, USA
 
pruning . . .
a lock of her son’s hair
that she keeps
 
obrezovanje . . .
ta pramen sinovih las
ki ga še hrani
       Samo Kreutz, Slovenia
 
darkness
missing you
silver moon
 
this robin
outside my window
wishing me awake
        Jill Lange, USA
 
a chink in the rain
where light slips in
blue chicory
       Kathryn Liebowitz, USA
 
scudding clouds
a flock of waxwings shreds
the cherry blossoms
       Kristen Lundquist, USA
 
the sky dappled
with cotton candy clouds . . .
summer fair
 
天空佈滿
棉花糖形狀的雲彩 ...
夏季博覽會
       Chen-ou Liu, Canada
 
spring
I lose track of the sun’s
comings and goings
      Gregory Longenecker, USA
 
rebuilding . . .
twigs and sunbeams intertwined
in the swallows’ nests
 
ricostruzione . . .
ramoscelli e raggi di sole intrecciati
nei nidi delle rondini
 
scentless flowers
the smell of sun
in my hands
 
fiori senza profumo
l’odore del sole
tra le mie mani
       Oscar Luparia, Italy
 
raking wet leaves . . .
remembering what made
the old scar
      Anthony Lusardi, USA
 
summer solstice
the dry riverbed face of
my grandfather
       Bipasha Majumder (De), India
 
spring cleaning
those long love letters
into pieces now
       Devoshruti Mandal, India
 
Holy Week
my caterpillar becomes
chrysalis
 
settimana santa
il mio bruco diventa
crisalide
        Carmela Marino, Italy
 
a crow’s caw
lost in flight . . . such fog
on the distant shore
       Richard L. Matta, USA
 
Birds are drinking
from a dripping tap
Times of drought
 
Beben los pàjaros
de un grifo que gotea
Tiempo de seca
        Lìa Miersch, Argentina
 
wind dies down
the solo of a cricket
somewhere
 
il vento si placa
l’assolo di un grillo
da qualche parte
       Daniela Misso, Italy
 
fiddleheads
so insistent
the baby’s grasp
       Beverly Acuff Momoi, USA
 
the rain pares rose
petals down to nothing –
memory fading
 
la pioggia riduce a nulla
i petali di rosa
dissolvenza della memoria
       Luciana Moretto, Italy
 
siblings
in the plantain grove
hand-in-hand
       Suraj Nanu, India
 
perhaps
in the next life . . .
sakura
 
twilight . . .
a fawn sipping
silence
        Veronika Zora Novak, Canada
 
magnolia blossoms
the mute swans’
courtship dance
 
cvet magnolije
labodov grbcev
dvoritveni ples
 
unfolding
from the river mist
elderflower scent
 
odvija se
iz rečne megle
vonj bezgovega cvetja
       Polona Oblak, Slovenia
 
gathered seeds
the growing wildness
of my garden
 
seacliff daisies
just beyond reach
spring tide
        Helen Ogden, USA
 
step stones
the fragile curve
of her spine
 
August afternoon
shimmering on stone
crescent suns
        Debbie Olson, USA
 
its trunk glossier
in the spring evening rain –
Himalayan birch
       Maeve O’Sullivan, Ireland
 
magpie songs –
the space between
dream and dawn
       Scott Packer, Canada
 
cemetery gates
the caretaker shows me
the way forward
 
first light
bending to the brook
doe shadow
       John Pappas, USA
 
March rain
just for a day the same
winter gloom
      Vandana Parashar, India
 
Blue damselflies –
   dancing lights
   in the woods
 
Hiking at sunrise . .
   black-tailed deer
   in canyon mist
        M.R. Pelletier, USA
 
sycamore sapling
a hooded crow calls
high in the trees
 
blackcap song . . .
ripples from the mist
reach the lough’s shore
       Thomas Powell, N. Ireland
 
country clothesline –
the afternoon
unfolding
      Tony Pupello, USA
 
butterfly wings
silent silhouettes
on the shade
      Carol Raisfeld, USA
 
water beads
roll off mint sherbet
homecoming
       Kavita Ratna, India
 
workday over
the evening lit
by daffodils
      Dian Duchin Reed, USA
 
the quiet house
 . . . almost hearing
my dead dog bark
       Edward J. Rielly, USA
 
within the brush pile
downed magnolia branches
blossom
      Aron Rothstein, USA
 
memorial service
her voice breaking
on the word joy
      Agnes Eva Savich, USA
 
longest day
canoeing until we become
silhouettes
      Julie Schwerin, USA
 
raft of ducks
dawdle the hours away
no plans either
      Ronald Scully, USA
 
even the egret
lingers longer
summer solstice
      Paula Sears, USA
 
sudden rain
looking for some shelter
a butterfly enters

afternoon tea
I contemplate sakura
in each sip
       Manoj Sharma, Nepal
 
cherry blossoms
he needs more time
to come home
       Richa Sharma, India
 
Peonies fallen
the fragrance still spreading
on the ground
 
散りてなほ地に香をひろぐ牡丹かな
        Kyoko Shimizu, Japan
 
spring dawn
my dad tunes his flute
to the birds’ song
 
пролетно утро
баща ми настройва флейтата си
за песента на птиците
       Tsanka Shishkova, Bulgaria
 
a trout disappears
in the tree’s shadow –
flowing river
 
एक ट्राउट लुप्त 
वृक्ष की छाया में--
बहती नदी
       Neena Singh, India
 
railroad station
my father closes
his eyes
       Joshua St. Claire, USA
 
sweet tea day
her apron swaddles
picked flowers
 
pink amaryllis
the journey of life
in her songs
       Stephenie Story, USA
 
sun salutation
a thimbleful of dew
in each buttercup
 
thawing lake
the hockey net catches
a trout
       Debbie Strange, Canada
 
dandelion clocks . . .
with a breath
I am become
 
new leaf to new leaf . . .
the butterfly
he’ll never be
       Kyle Sullivan, Taiwan
 
cherry blossoms
whilst all the snowflakes
turn to snow
       Herb Tate, UK
 
little waves
bottom up to shore
the old turtle
      Andrew Terrell, Australia
 
filling up
the squeaky clean sky
spring starlight
      Angela Terry, USA
 
May Day
the sparrows sing
a little louder
 
May Day
burung gereja berkicau
lebih nyaring lagi
        Elisa Theriana, Indonesia
 
beachcombing
among the shell fragments
mermaid tears
       Richard Tice, USA
 
shutters closed –
over the mountain village
storm clouds
 
obloane închise –
peste satul de munte
nori de furtună
        Maria Tirenescu, Romania
 
mountain village
a chimney sweeper moth
flits through the grass
        Xenia Tran, Scotland UK
 
grounding
myself in simpler times
wood anemones
       C.X. Turner, UK
 
greening forest
longed for songs return
to the trees
       Kevin Valentine, USA
 
her absence
the spaces between
raindrops
 
in the attic
a forgotten childhood
aroma of heat
        David Watts, USA
 
mulberry harvest
the first and the last
of the cedar wax wings
       Christine Wenk-Harrison, USA
 
Turkish delight
the pink perfume
of a summer dawn
       Tony Williams, Scotland, UK
 
crescent moon –
the first blackbird-song
of the year
       Juliet Wilson, UK
 
spring flowers
the garden gnomes
play hide and seek
      Robert Witmer, Japan
 
peeling away layers
the sycamore
and me
       Valorie Broadhurst Woerdehoff, USA
 
spring offering –
she places another mushroom
in her basket
      Wai Mei Wong, Canada
 
spring snow
my father’s steps
faltering
        Susan Yavaniski, USA

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